Intuitive Acrylic and Collage
local workshop | Available
Participants in this workshop will create acrylic and collage paintings on canvas, board, or paper starting with no preconceived notions or outcome. Process will dictate direction as students use a variety of acrylic and collage techniques to implement elements and principles of design. Instruction will start with some arbitrary mark making and continue with application of collage materials in combination with acrylic paint, gesso and acrylic mediums. There will be regular comments and evaluation of work in progress concerning relationships between elements and principles. The desired results should be work which is compositionally pleasing and aligned with the artist’s personal aesthetic. The workshop is open to students of all levels of experience.
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- Intuitive Acrylic and Collage 3-day workshop Supply List
If using paper – 3 sheets of 300lb. cold press or rough WC paper (22 X 15) IF using board or canvas - 3 boards or canvas no larger than 24 X 24
Acrylic paint and palette - your choice of colors but at least the primaries Acrylic medium (gloss or mat)
White gesso
Acrylic brushes - your choice of shapes & sizes
Cheap house painter brushes - 2", 3" or 4" (available at Harbor Freight and Home Depot) Mark making tools (charcoal pencils, markers, colored pencils, etc., etc....
Water container Water spray bottle
Paper Towels and/or rags
Mixing containers such as yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese etc. Small paper plates
Scraping tools (table knife, razor blade, plastic cards, palette knife)
Collage materials – Collage papers (handmade and otherwise), rice paper, tissue paper, painted paper, old failed paper paintings, magazine paper, newspaper, cloth, sewing patterns, postage stamps, dryer sheets, grass, leaves... you get the idea. Use your imagination.
Salt
Rubbing alcohol
Optional supplies
Latex or equivalent gloves Black Gesso
If using paper - mat with appropriate opening for whatever size you are working on Anything else you want to use for collaging or painting
Options
If you’d like to paint on varied substrates, just bring adequate boards, canvas or paper for however much time you would like to spend on each